Academic Institutes Start Eighth Year NSF program for 1963-64 will include 57 schools and more than 1800 teachers The National Science Foundation is awarding 58 grants totaling more than $11.5 million to 57 colleges and universities to support academic year institutes for science and mathematics teachers.
About 1700 experienced high school teachers and supervisors and 110 experienced college teachers will be supported in the program during its eighth year, which covers the 1963-64 academic year. And as part of the
Chemistry Institutes Available for All Teacher Grades C—College teachers S—High school teachers
J—Junior high teachers PS—Preservice teachers
Various sciences, including chemistry
Chemistry Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee, Ala. Dr. Lawrence F. Koons Dept. of Chemistry (S)
Arizona State University Tempe, Ariz. Dr. Alan T. Wager Dept. of Physics (S)
University of Colorado Boulder, Colo. Dr. John R. Clopton Dept. of Chemistry (C, S, J)
University of Georgia Athens, Ga. Dr. Jonathan J. Westfall Head, Dept. of Botany (S, J)
Atlanta University Atlanta, Ga. Dr. K. A. Huggins Dept. of Chemistry (S)
State College of Iowa Cedar Falls, Iowa Dr. Robert A. Rogers Dept. of Science (S)
University of Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii Dr. Michael M. Frodyma Dept. of Chemistry (S, J, PS)
University of Mississippi University, Miss. Dr. William H. Norman Dept. of Biology (S, J)
New Mexico Highlands University Las Vegas, N.M. Dr. E. Gerald Meyer Dept. of Chemistry (S)
Washington University St. Louis, Mo. Dr. Thomas S. Hall Dept. of Zoology (C, S, J, PS)
Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina Greensboro, N.C. Dr. Gerald A. Edwards Dept. of Chemistry (S)
Cornell University Ithaca, N.Y. Dr. Damon Boynton Dean, The Graduate School (C, S)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. Dr. E. C. Markham Dept. of Chemistry (S)
Syracuse University Syracuse, N.Y. Dr. Alfred T. Collette Chairman, Dept. of Science Teaching (C.SJ)
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pa. Prof. J. F. Hazel Dept. of Chemistry (S, J)
Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Dr. John S. Richardson Dept. of Science Education (C, S, J) Oregon State University Corvallis, Ore. Dr. Stanley E. Williamson Dept. of Science Education (C, S, J)
Fisk University Nashville, Tenn. Dr. Myron B. Towns Dept. of Chemistry (S, J)
Brown University Providence, R.I. Prof. Elmer R. Smith Dept. of Education (S, J)
University of Texas Austin, Tex. Dr. Robbin C. Anderson Dept. of Chemistry (C, S, J, PS) University of Virginia Charlottesville, Va. Dr. James W. Cole, Jr. Dept. of Chemistry (S)
State University of South Dakota Vermillion, S.D. Dr. Charles M. Vaughn Chairman, Dept. of Zoology (S, J)
West Virginia University Morgantown, W.Va. Dr. James B. Hickman Dept. of Chemistry (S, J)
University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Dr. Thomas J. Parmley Head, Dept. of Physics (S, J, PS)
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program, support will also be available for about 50 recent college graduates who are certified to teach science and math in high schools but haven't actually done so. This group is termed preservice teachers by NSF. Many of the institutes have a summer training program tied in with the academic year program. In some of them, the summer work precedes the year-long program. In others, an optional related program will be offered during the folowing summer. NSF's grants provide a stipend of $3000 for each experienced teacher, plus supplementary allowances for dependents, books, and travel. Additional stipends and allowances are given for the summer programs. For preservice teachers, the grants carry a stipend of $1800 for 12 months, plus allowances. Applications by individual teachers must be submitted to the various institutes by Jan. 20, 1963. Information and forms can be obtained from the director of each institute, not from NSF.
Engineering Enrollments Continue Decline Engineering schools in the U.S. show another drop in freshman enrollment and in bachelor's degrees granted, according to a new survey by the Engineering Manpower Commission of Engineers Joint Council, New York. The enrollment decline is a surprise to most manpower experts, the commission says. After enrollments dropped for four consecutive years, many assumed that the increased public emphasis on engineering would cause such enrollments to rise. The engineering freshman decline spells serious manpower problems as demand for technological graduates rises steadily; the space effort alone plans to absorb thousands of trained men and women, according to EMC. In addition, growing defense requirements and the needs of a steadily expanding civilian economy call for a greater number of engineers. The EMC survey shows a 2.3% drop in freshman engineering enrollments throughout the country (response was obtained from 207 engineering colleges, representing about 909c of the total number of colleges granting some form of engineering degree and of total freshman enrollments). Engineering deans were asked to compare freshman enrollment
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figures this fall with those a year ago, and do the same with the number of degrees. A 6rA drop was reported in bachelor's degrees granted in 1962 over the previous year. The prospect of a drop in engi neering graduates for the next four years is practically assured by the re duced freshman enrollment this year, EMC notes. Furthermore, it will probably be six or more years before the number of graduates again reaches the present 36,000 bachelor's degrees. While U.S. engineering enrollment declines, the Soviet Union's is going up; and Communist China is also put ting a tremendous premium on the development of engineers and sci entists. EMC cites estimates that point to an 80rA increase in the num ber of Chinese engineering graduates. In the demand for engineers survey conducted earlier in the year by the commission, industry and government sources projected a 33r/i increase in requirements for engineering gradu ates over the next decade. Even this conservative minimum will fall far short of actual output. Regional. On a regional basis, freshman engineering enrollments vary throughout the country—from a lr/c drop in the East-North-Central states to a 3.8r/c rise in the WestSouth-Central area. Among institu tions with at least one engineering cur riculum accredited by the Engineers Council for Professional Development, engineering enrollments dropped l.9rf vs. an over-all drop of 2.3rA. Women offer the greatest potential source for improving engineering en rollments and degrees. They now account for only one out of every 360 engineering degrees granted. Present enrollment shows one female for every 175 males in engineering. As an incidental part of the engi neering survey, information on sci ence degrees was obtained from 76 colleges. These show a total increase of 9rA for physical sciences, biological sciences, and mathematics combined. Of the three broad science groups, biological sciences showed the greatest rise (139r), followed by mathematics ( 9 r r ) , and physical sciences (77r). Even if these apparently optimistic indicators are substantiated by com plete figures expected from the Office of Education in a few months, they will no more than follow the national trend in total college degrees, EMC says. They won't make up for the losses in engineering.
